Somebody should really plop these guys down in front of an old Rodgers & Hammerstein spectacle.
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03/10/03
The King is Alive (2001)
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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:39
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Though the plot feels rather contrived, the ensemble acting in this Dogme 95 film is good.
Theatrical Release:May 11, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: The fourth contribution to the grass roots Dogme 95 collective, THE KING IS ALIVE is a psychological horror film that uses a bleak yet beautiful African landscape to tell a haunting tale of human... [More]
Starring: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, Bruce Davison, Brion James
Director: Kristian Levring
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Reviews for The King is Alive
... sitting through "The King Is Alive" was a tedious exercise that tried my patience and bored me.
12/21/01
Pretentious, overlong, and visually unappealing.
05/07/01
Sinks under the weight of its ever more inescapably apparent contrivance.
06/15/01
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03/24/02
An extraordinary and imaginative examination of human nature.
04/27/01
The endless vistas of sand that surround the forlorn settlement embody the void at the heart of its abandoned, terrified characters.
07/06/08
A piece of art rather than reality -- and a slo-o-o-w piece of art, though it rewards your patience.
11/09/01
If I'd been interested in this movie's acrimonious characters I might have appreciated the actors' performances more.
04/11/01
Top CriticThe more you appreciate what they're trying to do, the more you like it.
05/18/01
Top CriticThe King is Alive stands as a successful cinematic experiment and a gripping -- though a little too long -- study of humanity's most primitive instincts.
05/17/01
All of the performances are painfully human.
05/10/01
Mostly deserves the hype.
06/11/01
The predictability and repetitive nature of the story, our own patience is challenged.
04/02/01
An exquisite construct.
06/07/01
If the purpose of the story is to get us to dislike the characters, then mission accomplished.
06/15/01
Here is a small masterpiece about the erosion of civilized egos by the elements.
08/06/06
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05/17/01
An imaginative film that feels ten times more genuine than any ten movies of the "Castaway" variety (or as I like to call it, "The 90 million dollar Fed-Ex Commercial")
03/18/03
The performances are admirable, the location evocatively exploited and the psychological intensity often unbearable. But the spark isn’t there.
05/11/01
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